Driving the Morse Road from Bridgetown to West Dalhousie is always a pleasure. It makes me aware of Ernest Buckler’s geography from an earlier time.
Our objective was to attend SOOF—STOCK.
We arrived mid-morning, missing the Old Growth forest walk with Donna Crossland (see also previous posts Saving Forests and Burned: are trees the new coal).
In the hall, I noted the Ernest Buckler Memorial Library and photographed several posters on the history of West Dalhousie: churches, schools and community.
On Sunday, I stopped at the Forest market in Annapolis Royal. Nina Newington provided an update on SOOF-STOCK; Danny Bruce gave an update on the status of agriculture in Annapolis County.
Afterwards, we decided to drive down to the South shore on Hwy#8 to Liverpool, Bridgewater and Mahone Bay. Kejimkujik National Park and Mahone Bay were crowded with tourist visitors. However, Hwy#8 was eerily quiet.
Today stopped at the COGS library and signed out Joanna Taylor’s and Ian Gregory’s Deep Mapping of the Literary Lake District, A Geographical Text Analysis.
Can we imagine Deep Mapping of the Literary Annapolis Valley ?
From Jack Dangermond, by email, a reference to James Follows and Deborah Follows 2018. Our Towns: a 100,000 mile journey into the Heart of America. Off to inter-library loan.
(See also a longer, detailed presentation of Our Towns, HERE)
Acknowledgements
Chelsea and Andrew at COGS Library for the Deep Mapping text. Jack for the reference to the Follows’ book. Edward has added the graphics and links.
Ernest Blair Experiment 